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Brown's Pit Denmark Pit Kirk Gate Pit Loanhead Pit Myne Pit Whyte's Pit Crombie Kirk Sink Bank Sink Bankhead No.2 Pit Torryburn No.1 Pit Bankhead No.1 Pit Craigflower Pit Stair Pit [Torryburn] Shore Sink Torryburn No.2 Pit Black Hill Sink Bankhead No.3 Pit Duniquarrel [Pit] Bankhead [Pit] (II)
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Windmill, Torryburn, Fife.
| NGR: | NT 02691 85688 |
| WGS84: | 56.05412, -3.56404 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 18 m |
| Geology: | Limestone Coal Formation - coal |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost, CoalMine |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Coal), 18th or 19th cent.
Probably a bell pit with shaft buried below woodland, located close to the crop of the Five Foot Coal.
Alternative Names: Air Pit
Notes: Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.
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This entry was last updated: 2026-05-28 22:32:01
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